Frederik Pleitgen ✓

@fpleitgenCNN · joined 10 Mar 2009

CNN Senior International Correspondent and Anchor

330 505Followers

4 129Following

45 702Posts total

213.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views21 783this account5 821median for 100K–1M

Reach, %6.59%this account2.43%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.88%this account1.43%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	21 783	5 821	3.74×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	6.59%	2.43%	2.71×
Engagement rate	0.88%	1.43%	0.62×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

45K1 Sep

1.3K

31.1K

43.5K

19.2K3 Sep

12.2K

34K

24.4K

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.55%1 Sep

1.06%

0.83%

0.94%

0.97%

1.08%

0.60%3 Sep

0.17%

2.58%

0.57%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.43%.

What the audience does

Likes72.1%1 610 in total

Reposts16.1%360 in total

Replies7.4%165 in total

Quotes1.2%26 in total

Bookmarks3.2%72 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Bavaria‘s state criminal investigator (Landeskriminalamt) tells me the complex houses several defense companies. They believe it was a politically motivated attack but do not believe Rohe & Schwarz was the target. They believe another company may have been the target but did 24.4K views · 106 likes · 23 reposts · 7 replies 03 Sep 2026 Another suspected Russian attack on a German defense company? Incendiary devices were thrown at a construction site outside Rohde & Schwarz’s headquarters in Munich. German authorities are investigating a possible political motive. But of course, it could have been Switzerl 34K views · 637 likes · 203 reposts · 32 replies 03 Sep 2026 Important point from @NegarMortazavi - a senior Iranian official has been telling me essentially the same. There can be disagreements and even infighting, but there is a common aim. Like all political capitals, Tehran also has its own politics. 12.2K views · 19 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Political disagreement in Tehran does not necessarily mean institutional rupture. Debates over war strategy, diplomacy, deterrence and how to end the war are genuine. But once the state reaches a decision, the leadership generally closes ranks behind its implementation. 19.2K views · 85 likes · 16 reposts · 10 replies 03 Sep 2026 @fpleitgenCNN Wow. Mr. @fpleitgenCNN became spokesperson for the Kremlin. Congratulation. 1K views · 9 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 01 Sep 2026 Ukraine’s president warning airlines that fly to Russia: “the safe days in Russia’s skies are over.” 43.5K views · 344 likes · 35 reposts · 43 replies 01 Sep 2026 Reporting on Germany blaming Russia for the August 4th drone attack at Leipzig airport. Germany’s interior minister saying he believes Germany is under sustained hybrid attack. Russia’s FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accusing Germany of manufacturing a “pretext” and “stoking” the 31.1K views · 214 likes · 43 reposts · 34 replies 01 Sep 2026 @fpleitgenCNN It’s never them. Old enough remember the crimea takeover, when Putin said he doesn’t know who they are. Believing in what Soviet says is a proper sign of stupidity. 1.3K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 @fpleitgenCNN https://t.co/WkMcHyhYDI 2K views · 20 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026 Germany blaming Russia for the alleged drone attack on August 4th at Leipzig airport. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova sent me this response: “They came up with a pretext. At the same time, Berlin itself is completely tainted both by stoking the Ukrainian 45K views · 166 likes · 37 reposts · 36 replies 01 Sep 2026